This comprehensive treasury of more than 900 crisp black and white illustrations arrange chronologically and dated by year provides a rich pictorial record of clothing styles from that period. Suitable for a wide variety of graphic projects, these cuts will especially appeal to artists and illustrators in search of finely rendered images of authentic Victorian fashions. Here, for copyright free use, are hundreds of elegant dresses accented with intricately embroidered designs, shirtwaists featuring lace inserts and row upon row of tiny pleats, tightly laced undergarments, wide brimmed hats topped with feathers, flowers, and ribbon, beaded handbags, magnificent parasols, fur trimmed capes, and much, much more. In invaluable reference to period clothing styles for designers, illustrators and costume historians, this magnificent archive with its entertaining glimpse of the fashions of yesteryear will also delight casual browsers and lovers of Victoriana. Paperback, 128 pages.b
